Ron Washington

He has been brought to center stage with the post season this past year. His energetic upbeat personality is more fun to watch than any manager in the game today. A lot of people don't know another side of Washington. A few years ago he had a night that was one for the ages. He was basically partying with Charlie Sheen and Vincent Vega. He came clean and told the owners of the Texas Rangers that he had used cocaine. They tested him and he tested positive. He took the necessary steps to clean himself up. According to him he only used one time. Think what you will about that statement. Personally i believe it but i'm not Texas management and im not a Texas native so its not up to me. They let him keep his job after begging and pleading. He has now lead his team to two consecutive world series appearances. One thing that some people don't realize about coaches from middle school all the way up to the pros is that they are athletes that get hired to motivate their players no matter what it takes. Today there was a leak of Washington's speech before game seven of the 2011 Worlds Series. Which I think was and exclamation point on the end of one the best post seasons in recent history. Most people don't like hearing this side of the public friendly coaches. You need to be honest with yourself these are 20-40 year old men he is talking to and it gets the motivated to play. The person who leaked this speech is being "dealt with" inside the Rangers organization. What specifically is being done is unknown at this point but this speech should not change you view of Washington or any other coach for that matter. At the end of the day...its baseball.